This is one of my all time favorite bands.
The melodies in this piece are hypnotically beautiful.
Ukraine's Drudkh (Sanskrit for "wood") formed in 2002 by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Hate Forest; Thurios, the leading member of Astrofaes; and Yuriy Sinitsky, of Lucifugum and DEFINITION SANE. Their strongly folk-influenced music focuses on a dense atmosphere with a lot of feeling, and the lyrical contents embrace Slavic mythology, seasons and poetry. Many of the bandís lyrics are derived from the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian poets, especially Taras Shevchenko.
The quote in my signature line is from this piece, which is a poem by Oleksander Oles.
Колись здавався ти мені орлом підтятим
І в полі...